2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Date	July 10, 2001
Venue	Safeco Field
City	Seattle, Washington
Managers	Bobby Valentine (NYM); Joe Torre (NYY);
MVP	Cal Ripken Jr. (BAL)
Attendance	47,364
Ceremonial first pitch	Luis Aparicio, Orlando Cepeda, Ferguson Jenkins, Juan Marichal and Tony Pérez
Television	Fox (United States); MLB International (International)
TV announcers	Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Fox); Gary Thorne and Ken Singleton (MLB International)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Charley Steiner and Dave Campbell
	← 2000; Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 2002 →;

The 2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 72nd playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 10, 2001 at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington, home of the Seattle Mariners of the American League. The American League defeated the National League, 4–1. This was Cal Ripken Jr.'s 19th and final All-Star Game. It was also the final All-Star Game for San Diego Padres right fielder Tony Gwynn.

The American League squad for the game featured eight players from the Seattle Mariners.^[1]

^ Stone, Larry (July 7, 2023). "No one can recreate the magical 2001 MLB All-Star Game for Seattle". The Seattle Times. Retrieved July 7, 2023.

[Times-Magical-1] Stone, Larry (July 7, 2023). "No one can recreate the magical 2001 MLB All-Star Game for Seattle". The Seattle Times. Retrieved July 7, 2023.

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